Cotton-stalk puller and binder



April 2711926. 1,582,403

' J. A. HUNTER I COTTON STALK FULLER AND BINDER Filed Sept. 24. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l J. A. HUNTER COTTON STALK FULLER AND BINDER Fi e pt- 24. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr.27,1926. I i p rrate stares JAMES A. HUNTER, F MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

COTTON-STARK FULLER AND BINDER.

Application filed September 24, 1923. Serial Note-4,430.

To aZZ whom it may concern. the same with their roots from the soil. It Be it known that I, JAMES A. HUNTER, will be evident that the increasing diameters a citizen of the United States, residing at of said rollers will cause the stalks to be Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State pulled with increasing speed after the pull* of Tennessee, have invented certain new and" ing operation has begun. 55 useful Improvements in Cotton-Stalk Pull- Each pair of rollers is mounted on ers and Binders, of which the following is shafts (not shown) connected to be driven a specification. by mil-re 11 through the countershaft The present invention relates to cotton 12. Said shaft 12 is connected to be driven 10 stalk pullers, and consists in the combine: from the shaft 13 by a chain and sprocket 6o tions and arrangements of elements hereindrive (14, 15 and 16). after described and particularly set forth Suitable deflectors or guides 17 and 17 in the accompanying claim. are mounted adjacent each pair of rollers The invention has for its purpose to pro- 10 and have for their purpose to direct the 15 vide a vehicle equipped With means for expulled stalks onto the conveyor belts 18. 6

tracting cotton stalks from the ground and Each of the conveyor belts 18 is suitably conveying the same to a suitable form of journaled on pulleys 19 and 20 that are conbundling or baling apparatus mounted on .nected to be driven from the motor by the the vehicle, and operable to dropthe tied chain and sprocketdrive 21 and 22.

2o bundles at suitableintervals. To the end that the stalks carried on the 70 The invention is further characterized conveyor may be initially packed or crushed in that a crusher is associated with the conthere is provided an overlying'plate or hood veyor to the end that the conveyed stalks 23, suitably supported by the brackets 24 and are partially packed or bundled prior to de- 25 and so designed that the moving stalks 25 livery to the baler or bundling device per are gradually compressed and in that con- 7 se, thereby increasing the efiicienoy of the dition finally delivered to the baker or bunapparatus and affording a relatively small, dling apparatus 26 suitably mounted on the compact, and self-contained machine on the arms 27, as shown. For this purpose the I vehicle. plate or hood 23 is so positioned with rela- 30 The invention is shown by way of illus tion to the conveyor belts 18- that a large tration in the accompanying drawing, mouth as at 24 is formed at the receiving wherein: ends of the belts 18 while a narrow throat Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the is formed at the delivery end thereof as at 19, apparatus complete, and or in otherwords, a gradually narrowing 35 Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with passage is provided for the cotton stalks. No parts broken away for clearness. v claim is made to'the baler here disclosed as Referring to the construcion in further any suitable type 'of such mechanism maybe detail, and wherein like reference characters used. The baler is operated from the shaft. designate corresponding parts,3 indicates 13 y any i able riv ngconnection c.

0 the body or frame of the vehicle, 4 the tracchain 28 and sprockets 29 and 30.

tor wheels thereof, and 5the steering wheels It is obvious that those skilled in the art as shown- A motor 6, of any suitable type, may vary the details of construction and aris mounted on the frame 3 and through its rangements of parts without departing from shaft 7 has gearing connection 8 with the the spirit of my invention, and therefore I 45 axle 9 for driving the wheels 4. do not wishto be limited to such features Mounted on each side of the vehicle, and except as may be required by the claim. at the front, is a pair of truncated and fluthat I claim as new is ed, or corrugated rollers 10 so located with In a cotton stalk harvester the combinarespect to the ground that. said rollers will tion with a vehicle having rollers for pull- 60 positively grip the cotton stalks and pull ing the cotton. stalks and means for bun- 199 dlingthe same; ot a conveyor'i'orcarrying the of the conveyor and a gradually narrowin stalks from said rollers to the bundling throat towards the delivery end thereof, 10 means, compressing means for the stalks and supporting brackets for the sheet metal eooperable with the conveyor, and gearing plate at said mouth and said throat, substan- 8 for operating the conveyor, said compressing tially as set forth.

means comprising a curved sheet metal plate In testimony whereof I aifix my signa located over the conveyor and arranged to ture.

provide a large mouth at the receiving end JAMES A. HUNTER. 

